New Lenox redraws property borders for proposed retail businesses near U.S. 30

The New Lenox Village Board recently agreed to redraw property borders near U.S. 30 and Ceder Road to house several proposed retail businesses, including a CVS and Fleckenstein's Bakery.

The CVS will be on strip property by itself, while a Fleckenstein Bakery will be in new strip mall with other businesses, officials said.

Under the plan, the village will vacate a section of Church Street to the north of U.S. 30 that enters the Metra Train Station parking lot. The plan also establishes a new plat that subdivided the 2.89-acre area that flanks both sides of Church Street to the east and west.

"This is the re-subidvision of the lots that were purchased by the village a little over a year ago," said New Lenox Assistant Village Administrator Robin Ellis at the board meeting Monday night. " This would divide the property into the two lots that will be sold."

The west lot, which is at the corner of Cedar and U.S. 30, is 1.683 acres earmarked for sale to CVS. The land includes what was formerly the BP gas station, the dry cleaners, Church Street and part of the property owned by House of Hughes, Ellis said. The second lot, to the west, is 1.21 acres, to be sold to Heidner Properties, for use by Fleckenstein's Bakery, Durbin's and other tenants, she said.

Officials said construction work on the proposed project should start next spring.

Earlier in November, the plan commission reviewed the proposal and recommended approval, she said.